Circular Labs has released version 2.1 of Mobius Programmable Looper. The focus of this release was bug fixes reported in the recent 2.0 release. If you have already upgraded to 2.0 you should upgrade to 2.1. If you have not yet upgraded to 2.0 and are an active performing musician, you may still want to wait for a few more months.

''Mobius is a tool for live recording and manipulation of audio loops, with features similar to those of the Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro and the Electrix Repeater.

This is a live performance looper, not to be confused with static loop triggering and assembly tools like Acid. It is similar to having 8 synchronized stereo EDPs with the ability to copy loops and timing between them.

Extensive MIDI and keyboard control is provided.''

New features

Track Leave Action: The new parameter Track Leave Action determines what happens to the current track when the track selection is changed. The most common use for this is when you want to cleanly stop an Overdub in one track when you switch to another. There is still some work to be done on this, but most of the simpler cases should work.

Bugs fixed

Loops can be loaded into any loop of any track.

Fix missing display of loop length in the track strip.

Binding list on the left side of the binding window is sorted.

The Audio Unit parameter for Rate Shift can now be bound to a continuous controller to sweep through the possible values rather than being a simple on/off button.

Bindings for setups, presets, and binding overlays now work.

Preset bindings now obey group scope and focus lock.

The loop meter doesn't partially display when not selected.

Fixed EmptyLoopAction=CopyTiming and TimeCopyMode=Multiply with new track gets into a strange state.